The 10 Most Popular Petitions That President Obama Has Not Yet Responded Tohttp://www.businessinsider.com/10-most-popular-white-house-petitions-without-response-2013-1/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:33:13 -0500Walter Hickeyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ed8afa69bedd4542000021Paul PotWed, 09 Jan 2013 10:21:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ed8afa69bedd4542000021
It was Obama's job to make it look like there might actually be 'change'.
And it was Joe (Drug Czar Maker) Biden's job to make sure there would be no 'change'.
And there was no change.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ed07c46bb3f7e034000009Dumbfounded Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:01:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ed07c46bb3f7e034000009
surprised forgiving student loans didn't make the cut???http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ecf7fd6bb3f7561600001aZachTue, 08 Jan 2013 23:54:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ecf7fd6bb3f7561600001a
Reddit started a petition concerning the metric system: wh.gov/UazQ I'm afraid that the We the People petition site is going to be taken down before that crosses the threshold.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ecf7236bb3f79718000003ooohlalalarryTue, 08 Jan 2013 23:50:43 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ecf7236bb3f79718000003
I'm all for Texas leaving the union.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50eca492eab8ea7045000001PTTue, 08 Jan 2013 17:58:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50eca492eab8ea7045000001
The only surprise about the one at the top of the list was its margin over the runner-up.
I'm not comfortable with the idea of naming anyone as a "hate group", thereby criminalizing their free speech without due process, but I can get behind the fifth one on the list, removing Westboro's tax exempt status. That's a remedy that should be applied to a large number of politically active religious groups.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec9b2cecad04597c000002Danny ChamplinTue, 08 Jan 2013 17:18:20 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec9b2cecad04597c000002
Zing!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec9926eab8ea7e29000002Walter HickeyTue, 08 Jan 2013 17:09:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec9926eab8ea7e29000002
Right?
We the people petition the Obama Administration to impeach Obama.
I think one of the more interesting things is that a lot of these are asking an executive branch to do things that are the responsibility of not-the-executive branch.
For instance, only the SC or Congress can repeal a bill. Only congress can impeach. A recount is a Judge-decided thing IIRC.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec936f69bedd9f5c00001eloldyTue, 08 Jan 2013 16:45:19 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec936f69bedd9f5c00001e
10. Impeach Obama — 48,814 signatures
Lol, what's the chances of them acting on that one?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec9018eab8eaf40f00000cbittergreenTue, 08 Jan 2013 16:31:04 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec9018eab8eaf40f00000c
Was sure that my petition of "Fire Joe Wiesenthal" would be in the top 3.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec8f27eab8ea7b10000005just sadTue, 08 Jan 2013 16:27:03 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec8f27eab8ea7b10000005
The amount of blatantly false information that goes into some of these is just ridiculous. The Ohio voting fraud thing was debunked 2 months ago. The President can't be impeached for passing a bill that is unconstitutional (and, of course, Obamacare was ruled constitutional anyway). The President has no authority to allow Texas to secede - and ironically, the people signing that petition probably claim to have a deeper love of the Constitution than the rest of the country, yet it is the Constitution which creates that limitation. And I'd like to see a study from any non-partisan group which supports the claim that "thousands" have already lost jobs specifically because of Obamacare.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec89776bb3f7b248000003LizTue, 08 Jan 2013 16:02:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50ec89776bb3f7b248000003
It seems like fifth graders wrote some of these.